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>					<SPAN
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>Spine</SPAN
> is a very fast poller engine, written in C.
					It is an optional replacement for cmd.php. If you decide
					to use it, you will have to install it explicitely. It
					does not come with cacti itself.
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>					The easiest way is to install <SPAN
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>Spine</SPAN
> using rpm or ports.
					You will find packages for <SPAN
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>Spine</SPAN
> at the main cacti site
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>To compile <SPAN
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>Spine</SPAN
> itself or
					at /etc/<SPAN
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>Spine</SPAN
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>DB_Host	127.0.0.1 or hostname (not localhost)
DB_Database	cacti
DB_User		cactiuser
DB_Password	cacti
DB_Port		3306</KBD
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>					All other pre 0.8.6 settings are obsolete.
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